Category Archives: 43rd Ohio Volunteer Infantry
It’s a good story, but…
For many years, the only thing I knew about my great-grandfather was that he had been an Ohio soldier in the Civil War. His granddaughters, my aunt Nancy Lybarger Rhoades, told me two stories about him that she had been told by
It’s a good story, but…
For many years, the only thing I knew about my great-grandfather was that he had been an Ohio soldier in the Civil War. His granddaughters, my aunt Nancy Lybarger Rhoades, told me two stories about him that she had been told by
Advice from an Old Soldier
CIVIL WAR VETERANS of 43rd Ohio Volunteer Infantry, Co. K (Knox County) who enlisted at Camp Chase, Ohio in late 1861, saw their first action in Missouri in Feb. 1862 with the Ohio Brigade, followed Gen. Sherman on the March to the
Advice from an Old Soldier
CIVIL WAR VETERANS of 43rd Ohio Volunteer Infantry, Co. K (Knox County) who enlisted at Camp Chase, Ohio in late 1861, saw their first action in Missouri in Feb. 1862 with the Ohio Brigade, followed Gen. Sherman on the March to the
Do you make good coffee?
What were a woman’s most important qualities in the 1860s, in the eyes of a Union soldier? Edwin Lybarger, an officer in the 43rd Ohio Volunteer Infantry, received letters from a dozen Northern women between 1862 and the end of the war
Do you make good coffee?
What were a woman’s most important qualities in the 1860s, in the eyes of a Union soldier? Edwin Lybarger, an officer in the 43rd Ohio Volunteer Infantry, received letters from a dozen Northern women between 1862 and the end of the war
Great-grandfather’s photo album
Edwin Lewis Lybarger (1840-1924), my great-grandfather, compiled a photograph album at the end of the Civil War. He had served for nearly four years in the 43rd Ohio Veteran Volunteer Infantry (1861-65), in the Army of the Mississippi from Feb. 1862
Great-grandfather’s photo album
Edwin Lewis Lybarger (1840-1924), my great-grandfather, compiled a photograph album at the end of the Civil War. He had served for nearly four years in the 43rd Ohio Veteran Volunteer Infantry (1861-65), in the Army of the Mississippi from Feb. 1862
650 Buried Here
CAMP LAWTON, near Millen, Georgia October - November, 1864 Confederate prison camp for captured Union soldiers In the summer of 2010, near Millen, Georgia, a team of Georgia Southern University archeology students discovered artifacts on the site of a 42-acre Civil War prison,
650 Buried Here
CAMP LAWTON, near Millen, Georgia October - November, 1864 Confederate prison camp for captured Union soldiers In the summer of 2010, near Millen, Georgia, a team of Georgia Southern University archeology students discovered artifacts on the site of a 42-acre Civil War prison,
6/30/09 Jokes in the 1860s
If it was funny in 1863, will it seem funny to readers now? The context can make it work, or not. One way I get in a lot of old-time detail is to have people joke or make disaparaging remarks
6/30/09 Jokes in the 1860s
If it was funny in 1863, will it seem funny to readers now? The context can make it work, or not. One way I get in a lot of old-time detail is to have people joke or make disaparaging remarks
